Definition of ground beetles of the genus Carabus

Well, then who is it? Starkianus or Reuteri?
Zap. Abkhazia 30.09.08 mountain forest.
The size is solid 37 mm.

This post was edited by bugslov - 21.10.2008 15: 47

Pictures:

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Mr. rpanin, share a secret, how do you get such cool photos?

This post was edited by bugslov - 10/21/2008 15: 51

Mr. rpanin, share a secret, how do you get such cool photos?

http://molbiol.ru/forums/index.php?showtopic=264902&st=0

Well, then who is it? Starkianus or Reuteri?
Zap. Abkhazia 30.09.08 mountain forest.
The size is solid 37 mm.

These are the Archiplectes reitteri

Abkhazians: caught 8 km North-east of Tsandrypsha (Gantiadi) in a mountain forest, late September 2007
1. Carabus (Sphodristocarabus) janthinus Ganglbauer.
2. Carabus (Megodontus) septemcarinatus Motschulsky

This post was edited by bugslov - 24.10.2008 11: 32

1,2 seems to be true, about the 3rd I can't say about the subspecies, but the view is correct ^_^

In zine said that colchicus
missed with the message, it is lost in procerus

This post was edited by bugslov - 24.10.2008 11: 51

Dear colleagues, maybe someone has thoughts or information about this bug? Apparently, this is A. shcrenckii, but what kind of subspecies?
Caught on the island of.Popova pod Vladivostok, 29. VI. 2008

This post was edited by Nilson - 24.10.2008 20: 41

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Neil:
I think there's only 1 known subspecies of Shrenki from DV at the moment. It is very possible that this subspecies has not been described or described recently, or was previously known only somewhere in China.. I've already heard about the subspecies of shrenki, but I couldn't find any information myself.

a little off topic.. But who can say anything about Neoplectes - how rare are they, what do they represent..???? Especially the Martinovi subspecies??

Only one subspecies is actually listed in the list of Russian carabids on the ZIN website. But there is another one in the atlas on the same site. Here is information from there:
"Carabus (Acoptolabrus) schrencki hauryi Gehin, 1885
Male: Russia, south of Primorsky Krai.

This is a rather problematic form of Carabus.
C. schrencki hauryi Geh., which differs from the nominative subspecies in its dull bronze-brown coloration, more closely resembling the Sakhalin endemic C. lopatini Mor., was described from the Amur River, but I do not know this form from materials from either the Amur River or the mainland Primorye. In fact, it lives only on the Rimsky-Korsakov Islands, located in Peter the Great Bay, 70 km south of Vladivostok."
In my opinion, the photo placed there is very similar to your copies. However, perhaps this subspecies has already been deposed, because it is not included in the general list of carabids of Russia...

Unfortunately, it was not possible to collect the material on the territory of the Far Eastern Marine Reserve, which is where the Rimsky-Korsakov Islands are located. But on the islands near Vladivostok (Russian, Popova, Reinicke, Rickard) came across specimens only with this color. All specimens were collected under the canopy of the forest, on the islands it is, of course, impoverished, but still a forest.

And I have a mess with Altai here
Please help me in any way you can
So, first of all, Shebalinsky district, Kamlak village, 26. VI. 2008

This species I have on Shilenkov (Ground beetles of the genus Carabus L. (Coleoptera, Carabidae) of Southern Siberia) does not want to go on the table. There do not seem to be any bristle-bearing pores on the submentum (or the bristles have fallen out), but at the same time the mandibles are straight along the inner edge, with curved tops:

Kamlak_1


Who is regalis and who is henningi
Kamlak_2


Kamlak_3


Further - Chemalsky district, Ust-Sema village, 26. VI. 2008
Ust_Sema_1


Ust_Sema_2


Ust_Sema_3


Ust_Sema_4


Finally, Ozernoye village, 27. VI. 2008
Ozernoe_1


Ozernoe_2 - this is arvensis (something I became suspicious)?

Very similar to my regailis

This post was edited by bugslov - 04.11.2008 20: 09

1st is similar to henning
last one in my opinion too, arvensis
2-4 possibly regalis jenissoni

About the first I agree with the Ripper, then 2 regalis, then 1,2,4 also regalis, 3rd is similar to heningi, then sympathetic regalis and arvensis conciliator..... like this

Ust_Sema_3
is indeed similar to henning

Dear Karabusyatniki!
If anyone knows, please tell me if it is possible without a photo and a clear description-
what kind of ground beetles in the tundra (forest tundra, North. taiga) of the European part of the Russian Federation has the following characteristics:
the proportions of a normal ground beetle may be more agonistic and longer-legged than large species (brilliant, Ermaka),
blue above (without other shades) shiny, elytra in microscopic longitudinal striation, bright yellow stripe around the edge of the elytra, the abdomen below is black, the legs are red (or yellowish-brown)?
Very elegant Carabus, unfortunately there is no photo.
By color, as if C. aurolimbatus turns out, but it does not live in the tundra, although this one ran near the water on the ground, and the fauna of the floodplain of a large river may not correspond to the zone.
Thank you in advance

Dear experts of the genus Carabus, help us identify this animal, size-35mm, label:
N. PAKISTAN
Punjab reg., Muree
11.07.2008

Pictures:

Carabus__Pakistan_.jpg — (136.18к)

Dear Karabusyatniki!
If anyone knows, please tell me if it is possible without a photo and a clear description-
what kind of ground beetles in the tundra (forest tundra, North. taiga) of the European part of the Russian Federation has the following characteristics:
the proportions of a normal ground beetle may be more agonistic and longer-legged than large species (brilliant, Ermaka),
blue above (without other shades) shiny, elytra in microscopic longitudinal striation, bright yellow stripe around the edge of the elytra, the abdomen below is black, the legs are red (or yellowish-brown)?
Very elegant Carabus, unfortunately there is no photo.
By color, as if C. aurolimbatus turns out, but it does not live in the tundra, although this one ran near the water on the ground, and the fauna of the floodplain of a large river may not correspond to the zone.
Thank you in advance

Using this description, it's unlikely that you can tell us anything useful. Tell us at least the geographical area, height, biotope, and size of the beetle. They can even be beetles from different subgenera (Megodontus, Aulonocarabus, Morphocarabus).

Dear forum participants,
I read my last appeal and thought that it was reckless on the part of an amateur guest and could confuse specialists in their question, perhaps with academic degrees, with merits, perhaps older people. If so, I apologize, I didn't mean to offend anyone and I didn't mean anything disrespectful.
According to the blue ground beetle with a gold border, I can add the following::the total length is about 16-18 mm (although this is the north, and the size probably may not be typical), the zone is Bolshezemelskaya shrub tundra, rather large-grained, with heights of 40-100 m. Biotope-floodplain of the river, on the slopes of willow, high yernik (juniper there already seems to have been no) moss, mixed grasses, closer to the water, too, willow, apparently with mixed grasses (the grass has not risen - the snow has not yet completely descended). Place - a narrow strip of silty, viscous soil deposited by the flood on top of rocks near the water.

amateur, no hard feelings
it's just that sometimes you can't really identify insects from the photo, but from the description it's even more difficult

Try to view it here?
http://www.carabidae.ru/foto/thumbnails.php?album=61

This post was edited by Bad Den - 11.11.2008 09: 19

Dear Amateur, Still, without a photo , it's more like guessing from coffee grounds. If this is Carabus, then in my opinion the following options are possible:
- Carabus (Aulonocarabus) truncaticollis ssp. polaris Poppius, 1905
- Carabus (Morphocarabus) odoratus ssp. septentrionalis Breuning, 1932
- Carabus (Morphocarabus) henningi ssp. oviformis Beheim & Breuning, 1943
Carabus (Megodontus) vietinghoffi ssp. vietinghoffi Adams, 1812-unlikely. His size is too small for him, and his legs are black. Here's what I can do ...

In the album, according to the link suggested by BadDen, only vietienghoffi vietienghoffi is unambiguously similar in proportions and color to the four proposed Entalex species.
An additional argument – the yellow edges were also on the edge of the shield. I saw the beetle "during the day", but almost at dusk (about 24 hours), which is probably why it looked blue, with yellow around the edge without shades, and not as iridescent as in the photo. And the iridescence is probably only visible when magnified.
I don't remember the size exactly, maybe it was one or two mm larger.
About black and red legs-last year on Kolguev Island, out of several identical beetles caught simultaneously in one place, some had black legs, others had red ones (I would attach a photo, but I haven't figured out how to place photos in the text yet).
To the participants of the discussion, my respect and thanks.
If this is important, I can give you the exact coordinates of the meeting with the blue carabus.

Good time of the day. Please help me dispel my doubts about the specific affiliation of this karabus. Place of capture-ptato Putorana, Kureika River valley. I have defined it as Carabus vietinghoffi vietinghoffi, but its size confuses me-18-20mm. I certainly understand that the north and life there is difficult, but next to the other subspecies of vietingoffi, this bug looks like a pug next to an elephant

Most likely, this is vietinghoffi , a very characteristic posterior end of the pronotum. The smallest specimens in my collection are from near Obluchye (Khabarovsk Territory), and from Sakhalin, but they are also about 25 mm, from Primorye there are broilers for 35. In the literature, it is noted from 20, but where 20 is, there is also 18...

Dear sirs, please tell me which subspecies of Pachystus hungaricus F., 1792 lives in the Crimea and which subspecies (s) of Morphocarabus odoratus Motsch., 1844 lives in the Irkutsk region, pos. Big cats

Dear sirs, please tell me which subspecies of Pachystus hungaricus F., 1792 lives in the Crimea and which subspecies (s) of Morphocarabus odoratus Motsch., 1844 lives in the Irkutsk region, pos. Big cats

Crimea
Carabus (Pachystus) hungaricus gastridulus Fisch. 1823

Good time of the day. Please help me dispel my doubts about the specific affiliation of this karabus. Place of capture-ptato Putorana, Kureika River valley. I have defined it as Carabus vietinghoffi vietinghoffi, but its size confuses me-18-20mm. I certainly understand that the north and life there is difficult, but next to the other subspecies of vietingoffi, this bug looks like a pug next to an elephant

I found vietinghoffi and macleayi on the Codec about the same size and color,
but of course they were visually different from each other. Either it's vietinghoffi, or one of the two: http://www.zin.ru/Animalia/Coleoptera/rus/carmacgl.htm
It is necessary to run by key

I ran it by keys - it goes to vietinghoffi, but I don't have any tables for Siberia, they will determine it from the tables for DV. So I doubted, maybe in Siberia there is still some similar species...

Dear Amateur, Still, without a photo , it's more like guessing from coffee grounds. If this is Carabus, then in my opinion the following options are possible:
- Carabus (Aulonocarabus) truncaticollis ssp. polaris Poppius, 1905
- Carabus (Morphocarabus) odoratus ssp. septentrionalis Breuning, 1932
- Carabus (Morphocarabus) henningi ssp. oviformis Beheim & Breuning, 1943
Carabus (Megodontus) vietinghoffi ssp. vietinghoffi Adams, 1812-unlikely. His size is too small for him, and his legs are black. Here's what I can do ...

Dear Entalex, is the option with the McLeay ground beetle discussed possible?

Got, Carabus (Homoeocarabus) meander from the Amur region, well granulatus granulatus. Do all elytra have serrated bases? Or is this characteristic only of Seaside specimens? With Sakhalin copies, too, misunderstandings.

No, there can't be a macleayi village west of the Ural Mountains. The species generally lives in Eastern Siberia.

At the same time, macleayi in the Yamalo-Nenets District is listed as protected along with C. vietinghoffi ... yes, the Yenisei is already close there.

Cerega:
Well, that's not true.. the meander is very different from the granulatus, I would even say absolutely.. You never know that the color is close and there are granules, but this is also the case with a large number of carbuses
What do you mean the bases are jagged? I don't see any nicks..

Cerega:
Well, that's not true.. the meander is very different from the granulatus, I would even say absolutely.. You never know that the color is close and there are granules, but this is also the case with a large number of carbuses
What do you mean the bases are jagged? I don't see any nicks..

It depends on where the beetles are from, from the Amur region yes, they are different from granulatus(although granulatus granulatus is different), and when I collected it in the Irkut region, it was slightly different from the last one and was caught with it in the same place.

I don't know, I saw yours from Siberia, and I immediately realized that they were not granulates.